Telegram-herald., 1887-11-06
STORIES OF OLD ABE
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troshsr Immediately faeSed ap and ~iartesi
for zprtazfett I arrived there on saturday
n.xht and u,t lp ~ the Aln@fican house..
0n suuss-f ar idncoln aas pointed out -
u. i .sse seuaeullsr this FIRST sighs 0f hlIn.
He xas srris.az siung nolfflnS httia Tai
,hsn about s years eid. by tos hsod Who
roslt with tts greatest difficulty keep up
v1sh his father in the unornlng applied a.
ths ofsre n Lincoln = hsrudon for Sdfnis
s.on a student
The mornlnx entered the office Mr. In
coin and as eart1rr ~ llliam T. herudon,
we're both present sfT Lincoln 4etrrssed
hs partner thus. Hillr, snls h the Young
nae = whom spoze - You Whatever ar
ranxrmeas y0u iaaks ~Ith him vii - sa1is-
factory % ne fhsn scrning % me he said
Il hs.>e you VII 1ot ascoas - enthusiastic IN
your &utl~s - hlackstous aud Kent ~ did
two vounx men svb0m Ne bad hers. DO You
So shat spot over theref pointing % a large
INK stsra on. the wal ~eA. one u thoae
vcunx men zot 20 enthusiastic Ia bis pur's'iis
of t-xai iors that se frei an tnks'and 40 tho
other ones head and that - The mark he
made I imnetia.aiy began q clean mp
about tke ofice Attla. NJ Lincoln nad
bs.en In conx--ss and had the usual amount of
seesis o. distributs % The sarmers These
wsss sent out ~i,h Frss Soil and Republican,
Documents In my efforts 70 clear up l
found nat some Of the seeds had sprouted IN
k5e dirt thas had coliect-c In The oitce-
PLEADING 4 HORSE CASE
"Jadrs Logan and Mr. Lincoln were once
engaged on opposite sides u a horse case-
Jadxs Ioxar displayed great deal Of kno~E
edge about horses. and, a. vas the custom
with lawyers a. that day. ia the heat of tie
argument had Aid or bis coat 2ad vest. Tn
fortunately FOR kim hs bad put his shirt on
hind side before When IL had finished Mr..
Lincoln aro-- snd asked his opponent II he
would please rise. The judge complied
sylu you pleass turn your back 20 The jury ?
Now. gentlemen of tae flry, sRid Lincoln,
what sort q value can you place upon Judss
Loxsa's knowiedSe of horses ~h>0 hs doesn't
know enough % put as shirt en right side
forsmost ~aen hs comes into courtf 4 rear
cf laughter followed this sally. ard when Mr..
Lincoln had anlshsd us s1sunaent The jury
gave . vsrllics IA Lis favor
Mr Lincoln -as engaged in n case which
raads a great deal of sir N Illinois While I
wss a student IN hls ofics. One Greek Graf
ton. a strons buriy fellow. WAS payiag at
tsntions - Young lAay living "a the vicinity
Of Sprin<aeld she had another sai.or az
the sane time by the name u Quinn H4rTi-
son. Craftoa told Harrison n he dldn { cease
ois attentions 20 The young iady 40 would
thrash hlm Harrlsoa replied that Il he
made 40 attack upon kin hs would defend
hinson Grafton ons day came 20 The post
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ral.sr. ttrs~ hiz arms around him and tried
- a0ld hiun. harrison struggled away. and
drawing a dagger. plunged it INFO Grafton :
~itsls CrsftcnS lawyers claimed on the
trial that Ae Actssi IN self defense. / ves in
the court when Mr. Lincoln made his speech
before the jury gor Harrison. he assd this
inustr,sicn. In ths early DAYS a party ot
unen vent our % hun. ths wld boSr wAsn
ga x.1ss ~as sesn one u ths hunters imme
esssly cumbsd a tree ths other seized the
x-n1e 81 tAa sars and after ssysrsl inefTec-
tual tlssies vita hiEn a. rrisa - his compan-
fcn. who sas op The tree Fer Gods sake
Jina curns down aad aeip ne 20 iet 20" Mr..
lincoln NODE tais application u the story
~ Grafton took held n Harrison ia self de-
fensa it follows logicaliy that % would have
e. continue % hold hisr for an time. ard that
eventually ~ would r-suire some one - help
hin ict g. The jury gave verdict q sc-
quittsl for Mr. fiacoins client
Nr Lincoln vas an iniefsfigahle news
paper reaecr and ~ss noted FOR his Ia
ruuiarity with OobsicAi affairs N al parts q
fhe -ourtrv ia subscribed Tor several
papers published Ia ths sonth-one I kno~
cans- from Scafh Carolina Hs bad an in
nau,erabis number ~ anecdotes II public
men always AZ the end q sis tongue he hsd
great senacitY q rnevnory and ono. fact
VS. nxad IA his mtud hs never forgot it
His fsntSnsss fox telling stories = often al
isisie-i 40 but oe possssssd certain dignity
thar prevented persons fr-n gong oniv inst
50 Tar with tcesn. Fecpie called hlz, Z rcie
Az icux before h~ r,s ncnninstesi for The
presidency ard oftsn have seen hin1 sitting
en- ths stsps u sforp~ chatting wish his
friends. A a rslsxstioa from professional
,ar-s be wcuid 60 out and piav ball The
raI,e was wast 49, rsIiei barn hriL and it
ccnsss--i IN kncesing he tal s<sinss the
SIDE ~ a building and then hittinz lt .Eain
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into tins sport Nith great deai q zest.
Notwithstanding his love FOR kcssd stores
sod fuBay sayings be usually bad forioru
sxpresxlon N his fare and APPEARED mary
tinl.s to BE- m a brown st0dT One II his
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nsvners xss tsis trsit more sfrikingiT sx-
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